# 1 Short title, extent and commencement
This Act may be called the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
(2) It extends to the whole of India, 1***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and for different States, and any reference to commencement in any provision of this Act in relation to any State shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision in that State.
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1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10- 2019).
2. 9th November, 1995, <i>vide</i> notification No. S.O. 893(E), dated 9th November, 1995, <i>see</i> Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
